Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Watermelon Wheat - Summerfall Beer


I can't believe I missed brewing all of my favorite summer beers because of the move to the new house, so I have decided that I will just brew them for the fall.  It should work out well, since I don't really care for any of those pumpkin or spiced beers out there.  Give me an Oktoberfest any fall day but keep that pumpkin stuff in your pies.  Anyway, I decided to try an after work brew on my newly tweaked brewery.  It was a solid 5 hour session and I didn't turn in until after 1 am, but the automation of the system is really shining.  I probably only had to attend to the brewery for about 2 of the 5 hours, including cleanup.  I have never brewed on a dedicated system before and can't believe how much time I save not having to set up and break down the system each brew session.  I am loving it.   I hit 83.3% efficiency with a fly sparge.  I guess it takes a while to really understand the different sparging techniques and why some get higher numbers than others.  I think I am hooked on fly sparging for now.  It makes the water calculations so easy.

Grains                  Results
5.5# pils               6.8g at 1051
5.5# wheat           5.8g at 1061
.25# c-10
.25# c-20
mash at 154

Additions


60 min boil
1 oz Amarillo at 45 min                                                 
1oz Amarillo at flame out
1 dram watermelon Lorann candy oil at pitching
Notty at 66 for 30 days, keg and serve
OG-1056
fg-1010

Water Adjustments (tsp)
.6 Epsom Salt
.102 Chalk

Ca=36
SO4=61
Mg=17
Na=27
Cl=70
Carb=67
Hard=162
Alk=59

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